Related Articles

WordPress has grown from a simple blogging tool into a full-fledged content management system that powers more than 25 million websites. It allows site creators to build a robust Web presence with multiple pages, internal and external links, multimedia content and other functionality without having to know any HTML or CSS code. The WordPress platform includes a robust Media Gallery to handle all of a website's content. This feature is the key to adding a PDF to a WordPress site.

1. Log in to the admin page for your WordPress site. Typically, the URL of this page is your domain name followed by "/wp-admin" (without quotes). When you reach this page, input your username and password to log in.

2. Add a new post by selecting "Add New" from the Post menu on the left side of the page.

3. Give your post a title by typing a title into the Title field, located under the "Add New Post" caption.

4. Click the “Add Media” button. This button's appearance varies, depending on your WordPress installation. Some versions of WordPress have four icons located to the right of the words "Upload/Insert," just above the text entry area. If you have this version, select the rightmost icon, which looks like a sun or starburst. If your version of WordPress has just one icon to the right of the words "Upload/Insert," click on that icon (it may look like a camera superimposed over a musical note).

5. Upload your PDF by dragging the file from your computer's file manager or your desktop and dropping it into the "Drop Files Here" area in the Add Media window. If your version of WordPress does not support drag-and-drop uploading, click the "Select Files" button and choose your PDF from the File Selector dialog box that opens. Once you’ve selected the file, click the "Open" button. Wait for the PDF to upload to your WordPress server.

6. Name the PDF by typing a title in the corresponding section of the file information window. This title will be the text that users click to download the PDF file.

7. Click the "Insert to Post" button.

8. Finish editing the post that contains the link to the PDF and then click the “Publish” button on the right side of the administration window to publish the PDF on your WordPress site.

About the Author

Solomon Poretsky has been writing since 1996 and has been published in a number of trade publications including the "Minnesota Real Estate Journal" and "Minnesota Multi-Housing Association Advocate." He holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Columbia University and has extensive experience in the fields of financial services, real estate and technology.